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reducing sugar (medicine) and proneness (medicine)


reducing sugar (medicine)


reducing sugar


A sugar, such as glucose in the urine, that has the property of reducing various inorganic ions, notably cupric ion to cuprous ion.


proneness (medicine)


proneness


1. The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.

2. The state of lying with the face down; opposed to supineness.

3. Descent; declivity; as, the proneness of a hill.

4. Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.

Source: Websters Dictionary